Ohto Heikki Sulevi Manninen (24 March 1943 in

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), is a

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, PhD 1977. Manninen was 1984–95 associate professor at Helsinki University, 1995–98

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of Finland's history at

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. In 1998 he became professor in the history of war at the academy of military science. Ohto Manninen has focused foremost on second world war history, and this has resulted in books like ''Toteutumaton valtioliitto'' (1977), which treats

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and Sweden after the

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, ''Suur-Suomen ääriviivat'' (1980), which is about Finland's politics on

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1941, and ''Talvisodan salatut taustat'' (1994), a survey on the Soviet plans of operations before the Winter war, and collections of articles '' Molotovin cocktail –

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in sateenvarjo'' (1994) and '' Stalinin kiusa – Himmlerin täi'' (2002).

References

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'', 3 (2005)

Publications

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